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Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 1:17 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Visa & Tax Issue
Dear Mr Ingram
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I am looking to start my small ecommerce venture in WA State. =20
The Parent Company is a Canadian controlled private company. This =
company wants to setup a shipping centre in Bellingham to handle their =
Ebay business. This company will sell children=92s clothing. =
Originally, this company wants to source children=92s clothing from the =
US and ship to Canada. However, any import of non US made Children =
clothing required to pay 22% of Custom duty. Nearly 95% of the sales =
are to various States of the US. As a result, this company is looking =
to setup a shipping centre to handle all US Sales.
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We want to know if this company will setup a non resident company in WA =
or setup a Canadian Branch in WA Can you tell me what is the diff? =
ie. Tax, movement of working capital, Washington State Sales & use =
taxes..
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I will live in Richmond and will go there (Bellingham) to handle =
shipping procedure. Would you please tell me what kind of Visa is =
required to perform this kind of activity.
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Thanks in advance
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david ingram replies; =20
Far too big a question for me to attempt to answer on my free question =
and answer board.
If you go to www.centa.com and click on the November 1999, issue, you =
will find all sorts of stuff about your business expanding into the USA.
You could have an L1 or and H1 visa or not qualify at all for what you =
want to do if it involves packaging shipping orders.
If it merely involved your hiring someone to do it, then you do NOT need =
a visa but can perform your duties under a B1 status if you keep =
yourself to a branch of your Richmond based company.
.You should seek private counseling with someone like myself before =
going any further. I would charge you $700 to go into detail for your =
company over a two hour period.
You can find out about the different visas by going to www.centa.com and =
clicking on "Entering the United States" - You can find out about your =
own personal US tax filing requirements by going to www.centa.com and =
clicking on US/Canada taxation.
I also note that you have asked another staff member at the CEN-TA =
Group, essentially the same question and received an answer from Sonja =
Clark who is a US CPA, a Canadian CA and a graduate of the UBC Law =
School for good measure/ I am including her answer here as well in =
BLUE:
I charge $150 an hour on accounting or tax. David charges $350 an hour.
You need to talk to David about the immigration aspect. There are =
different rules as to what you can do for a Canadian company or a US =
company. Different corporation aspects may make a difference on Visas.
Foreign corporations that operate businesses in the US must pay a branch =
profits tax equal to 30% of the foreign corporation's dividend =
equivalent amount in addition to US corporate Income taxes on its =
effectively connected income. ( starts at 15%) =20
There are reporting requirements to CCRA for US corporations owned by =
residents of Canada. A Canadian corporation would also be reporting =
worldwide income to Canada and claiming a foreign tax credit for US tax =
paid on a branch operation in the US. =20
US corporations need higher shareholder equity than in Canada.
Sonja
As an aside, I have had over 200 individual eBay purchases shipped to a =
warehouse in Blaine in the last three years.
Hoping this helps,=20
David Ingram's US/Canada Services
US / Canada / Mexico tax and working Visa Specialists
US / Canada Real Estate Specialists
4466 Prospect Road
North Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7N 3L7
Calls accepted from 10 AM to 10 PM 7 days a week
Res (604) 980-3578 Cell (604) 657-8451
(604) 980-0321=20
[email protected]
www.centa.com www.david-ingram.com
Disclaimer: This question has been answered without detailed =
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All readers should obtain formal advice from a competent financial, or =
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This from "ask an income tax and immigration and bankruptcy expert" from =
www.centa.com or www.jurock.com or www.featureweb.com. Canadian David =
Ingram deals daily with tax returns dealing with expatriate:
multi jurisdictional cross and trans border expatriate problems for the =
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Barbados, St Vincent, Grenada,, Virgin Islands, US, UK, GB, American and =
Canadian and Mexican and any of the 43 states with state tax returns, =
etc.
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Newfoundland, Yukon and Northwest and Nunavit Territories, Mount =
Vernon, Eumenclaw, Coos Bay and Dallas Taxman and Tax Guru Your name =
has been added to our email list because of an enquiry we have received, =
we may not answer your question but=20
another similar question will be as we lump them.
You may find more answers at www.centa.com
David Ingram of the CEN-TA REALTY Group
US / Canada / Mexico tax and working Visa Specialists
US / Canada Real Estate Specialists
108-100 Park Royal South
West Vancouver, BC, CANADA, V7T 1A2
(604) 980-0321 - Fax 913-9123 [email protected]
www.centa.com www.david-ingram.com
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